Tavi and Cyndi Lauper might seem like an unlikely duo, but the more we think about this match-up, the more we're loving it. The 15-year-old fashion...
Posted 02.15.2012
Not satisfied with what they've found at home, a classic American brand is looking overseas to feed its need for sales. The Gap is planning on open...
Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 02.28.2012
Here are some retail events I'd like to see in the year(s) ahead. Some are more likely than others, but the holidays are a time for dreaming, aren't they?
Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 02.15.2012
It's been an amazing shopping year in New York City, with new stores, new looks, and new visitors (50 million of them!). Going through a list of the n...
The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 11.30.2011
Ad Age recently released its annual list of America's Hottest Brands. And though corporate names like Sharpie, Dove and Chevrolet top the list, severa...
Posted 01.08.2012
The CEO of the fourth-largest retailer in the world has listed Chicago as one of the company's primarily targeted markets in its aggressive U.S. expan...
Posted 12.14.2011
Fast Retailing Co Ltd's (9983.T) Uniqlo is launching its U.S. expansion this week with the opening of a flagship store in Manhattan that will anch...
Joah Spearman | Posted 11.23.2011
Americans and Aussies alike should make room in their closets for some European style. Allsaints, ASOS.com, Topshop and Zara are sending shipments across the Atlantic and down under with a great sense of urgency sure to impact your wallet.
Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 11.19.2011
The conclusion of Fashion Week truly kicks off the fall retail season, and New York has an amazing crop of new stores and designers looking to outfit us in style!
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.06.2011
What do Susan Sarandon, Laura Linney and "Glee" star Darren Criss all have in common? They are all amongst the newest faces of Uniqlo. Women's ...
The Huffington Post | Marielle Bingham | Posted 10.27.2011
Welcome to Fashionably Late, where we round up the Style scraps that didn't make it to our news page this week. Click through and catch up on what els...
Posted 09.27.2011
Strap on your skates New York-- the High-Line roller rink is open! Located directly underneath the High-Line at West 30th Street and 10th Avenue, t...
TIME.com | ROYA WOLVERSON | Posted 08.31.2011
Rich country, rising unemployment, sluggish growth, big debts. Sound familiar? Japan's notorious "lost decade," the long stretch of economic stagnatio...
Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 07.03.2011
When you visit as many stores as I do (note to accountant -- it's retail research, not shopping), you begin to see patterns and trends emerging, and New York this year is no exception.
Posted 06.05.2011
Fast (but quality) fashion chain Uniqlo will partner with nine names this year as part of the brand's Designers Invitation Project -- Costello Tagliap...
Posted 05.25.2011
Fast-fashion chain Uniqlo has donated $25.6 million to the Japanese Red Cross to help those impacted by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Jap...
Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011
With the holidays over and 2011 well under way, I'm looking forward to a new year of new stores for New Yorkers and our 49.5 million visitors. As a...
Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011
Now that Hanukkah is over and Christmas is literally around the corner, it's time to look back at this year in shopping.
Roslyn Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011
The grand shopping mall that is SoHo was until recently the arts center of New York City, a neighborhood created by artist visionary George Maciunas.
ny.racked.com | Posted 05.25.2011
At 8am, Uniqlo unleashes the fall 2010 collection of its Jil Sander-designed +J line upon the world. Uniqlo launches tend to get crazier towards the a...
Posted 05.25.2011
Uniqlo's flagship store in SoHo was closed today due to emergency floods in the store. A sign posted in the store window notified customers of the sit...
Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011
Being a fashionista need not entail a multimillion-dollar fortune. Style comes at all price points, and our Labor Day edition will focus on some of the more affordable stores in the city.
Bloomberg | David M. Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011
New York's Fifth Avenue is claiming a city retail record: Japanese clothier Uniqlo agreed to pay $300 million over 15 years to bring its affordable fa...
Crain's New York Business | Posted 05.25.2011
As American clothing retailers have let their brands get tattered and frayed, hot overseas chains are stepping in with chic, well-priced wares. This ...
New York Magazine | Bryant Urstadt | Posted 05.25.2011
There are 950 Uniqlo stores worldwide, and all but 136 are located in Japan, where Uniqlo has had a retail presence since the eighties. But over the l...
Posted 02.22.2012